Fisher Associates, PE, LS, PC is pleased to announce that we have attained another milestone in our employee development effort: an incredible 35 hours of training per employee for 2009.

Improving skills and keeping up with business trends is a key component of our business strategy. This allows us to grow, flourish, and align ourselves with a new economy, where increasingly higher level of skills is needed to do the same job.

Education increases employee satisfaction levels, allows us to remain competitive, and adds value to our specialty, niche services.

Below is a list of courses taken over the last year:

• Bridge Inspection via Rope Access


• Replacement of Historic Tied through Arch Bridges


• Rehabilitation Planning and Stay Cable Replacement Design


• LRFD Foundation Design


• FRP Composites


• Bridge Design for Hydraulic Performance


• Program Management in an Urban Environment


• High Speed Rail


• Corrosion of Weathering Steel Bridges


• Hot Dip Galvanizing


• Lighting


• Wind Power


• Sustainable Design using Precast Concrete


• ARRA (Stimulus Funding) Reporting Requirements


• Design Phase Bridge Information Modeling


• Vibration Monitoring during Construction


• Engineering for Sustainability


• Marcellus Shale Gas


• Permitting with the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection


• Galvanizing and Corrosion Protection Systems


• Pervious Concrete Pavement


• Brownfields


• Stormwater Management Certification


• FEMA Elevation Certification Process


• Federal Energy Regulator Commission (FERC) Training


• ACEC NYS Leadership Training


• Senior Executive Institute through ACEC


• Bureau of Indian Affairs, Recordkeeping Requirements


• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)


• Project Managers"


• Machine Guidence Technology


• Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS Surveys


• Right Of Way Acquisition Process


• Topcon Survey Instruments


• ALTA/ACSM Surveys


• Scan Master/Laser Scanning


• ARC-GIS


• Soils and Aggregate Certification


• Asphalt Recycling, Asphalt Surface Treatment, Geosynthesis


• Maunal of Uniform Record Keeping (MURK)


• Site Management on Construction Inspection Projects


• Oil and Gas Extraction Technologies


• AutoCADD 2008 - 9/24/07


• OSHA Safety Training


• Asbestos Designer and Project Monitor Refresher Courses


• Traffic Noise Modeling


• Stormwater Management


• Sustainability Design


• Word


• Excel


• AutoCADD


• C++


• Netware 6.5


• SQL Reporting


• Flash Programming


• GroupWise Mobile Server, Novell Domain Services for Windows


• Novell GroupWise Suppost Issues, C++ for Non-C Programmers


• Windows 2008


• Human Resources Courses


• Notary Public Training